Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice

The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice (KYDJJ) is a state agency of Kentucky headquartered in unincorporated Franklin County, near Frankfort. ^[1] The agency operates juvenile correctional facilities.

It was established after a 1996 act of the Kentucky General Assembly. ^[2]

Facilities

Regional Juvenile Detention Centers

• Adair Regional Juvenile Detention Center (ARJDC), Columbia
• Boyd Regional Juvenile Detention Center, (BRJDC), Ashland
• Breathitt Regional Youth Detention Center (BRYDC), Jackson
• Campbell Regional Juvenile Detention Center (CRJDC), Newport
• Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center (FRJDC), Lexington
• Jefferson Regional Juvenile Detention Center (JRJDC), Louisville
• McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center (MRJDC), Paducah
• Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center (WRJDC), Bowling Green

Youth Development Centers

These are places for adjudicated (convicted of juvenile crimes) youth who are to be treated. ^[3]

• Adair Youth Development Center, Columbia
  • Houses up to 80 boys and girls ^[4]
• Lake Cumberland Youth Development Center, Monticello
• Mayfield Youth Development Center, Mayfield
• Morehead Youth Development Center, Morehead
  • Houses only girls: ^[5] they are incarcerated for more minor crimes, such as truancy, and more serious ones, such as murder. ^[6]
• Northern Kentucky Youth Development Center, Crittenden
• Woodsbend Youth Development Center, West Liberty

Group Homes

• Ashland Group Home, Ashland
• Burnside Group Home, Burnside
• Frankfort Group Home, Frankfort
• Frenchburg Group Home, Denniston
• Hopkinsville Group Home, Hopkinsville
• Jackson Group Home, Jackson
• London Group Home, London
• Middlesboro Group Home, Middlesboro
• Westport Group Home, Louisville

Day Treatment Centers

• Ashland Day Treatment Center, Boyd County, Ashland
• Breathitt Day Treatment Center, Breathitt County, Breathitt
• Christian County Day Treatment Center, Christian County, Hopkinsville
• Hardin County Day Treatment Center, Hardin County, Elizabethtown
• Louisville Day Treatment Center, Jefferson County, Louisville
• Owensboro Day Treatment Center, Daviess County, Owensboro

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References

1. "Contact The Department Of Juvenile Justice Archived August 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine ." Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
2. "Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003" (Archive). Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. p. 2/36. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
3. "Youth Development Centers Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine ." Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
4. "Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003" (Archive). Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. p. 5/36. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
5. "Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003" (Archive). Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. p. 8/36. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
6. "Going to the Prom" (Archive). Juvenile Justice Journal, Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. May 2008. Volume 5, Issue 3. p. 1.
7. "Department Of Juvenile Justice Facilities." Western Kentucky University. Retrieved on October 10th, 2015.
8. "Day Treatment Programs - Department of Juvenile Justice".

Further reading

• "Kentucky's 2014 Juvenile Justice Reform" (Archive). Pew Charitable Trusts, July 2014.

External links

• United States portal

• Official website